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National Weather Service Great Falls MT
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

MTZ312-171000-
Great Falls-Cascade MT
47.47N 111.38W Elev. 3663 ft
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      25          36          23          39          20
Temp                41 34 32 28 28 31 35 36 30 28 25 23 28 34 38 38 31 26 23 21
Dewpt               26 29 29 25 22 15 18 15 16 17 16 14 11 10 10  9 11 13 14 13
RH                  55 82 88 88 78 51 49 42 55 63 68 68 48 36 31 29 43 57 68 71
Wind dir             N  N NW  N NW NW NW  N  N NW  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd            18 13 16 21 18 20 20 16 10  8  6  6 10 10 10 13 10  6  5  5
Clouds              OV B2 OV OV OV OV OV OV B1 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 B1 SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     80          80          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.14        0.13           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           2       00-00
Rain
Snow                 S  L  L  L  D  D  C  C  C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                        BS BS BS
Winter Weath         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          36      22    51      32    59      36    60      37    66
Temp          32 36 26   23 39 49 36   35 55 57 43   38 53 59 45   39 59 64
Dewpt         12 12 14   15 16 19 24   24 26 22 28   28 27 26 31   30 31 28
PWind dir         N      NE     E      SE    SW       W     W      SE     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   B1 SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     0       5    10      10     5      10    10

$$
MTZ303-171000-
Cut Bank-Glacier MT
48.60N 112.39W Elev. 3838 ft
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      21          35          21          36          18
Temp                34 31 28 24 25 28 33 34 27 25 22 21 26 31 35 35 26 22 20 19
Dewpt               28 26 24 20 19 16 17 14 15 15 14 13 11 12 12 11 10 12 13 13
RH                  78 81 85 84 78 60 51 43 60 65 71 71 52 45 38 36 50 65 74 77
Wind dir             N NW  N NW NW  N  N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  N  N  N NW NW
Wind spd            19 20 27 29 29 31 29 21 13 12 12 11 17 21 21 21 12 10 10  9
Wind gust                 40 44
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC B1 SC B1 SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          50          10          10           5
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.01           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           T       00-00
Rain
Snow                 L  L  C  C  C  S  S
Obvis                     BS BS BS BS BS BS


Date           04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          33      19    47      27    56      32    58      33    63
Temp          29 33 24   20 37 46 31   30 50 52 39   33 51 56 40   34 56 60
Dewpt         11 12 15   14 14 17 20   21 23 22 27   26 25 23 28   28 27 26
PWind dir         N       E    SE       S     W       W     W       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    BZ      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B2   SC FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr          5       0     0       0    10       5     5       5     5

$$
MTZ319-171000-
Helena-Lewis & Clark MT
46.61N 111.96W Elev. 3893 ft
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      29          37          25          41          24
Temp                45 39 36 32 30 33 35 35 31 28 27 25 28 34 39 39 33 28 26 24
Dewpt               19 18 21 21 19 17 17 15 16 18 18 18 15 13 15 15 12 14 15 15
RH                  35 42 54 63 63 51 47 43 53 66 68 74 58 41 37 37 41 55 62 68
Wind dir            NW  W  W NW  N  N  N  N  N NW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
Wind spd            20 14 12 12 18 17 18 16 11  9  5  4  5  8 11 14 11 10  8  9
Wind gust                       28
Clouds              OV B2 B2 OV OV B2 B1 B1 SC B1 SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1 B1 SC SC B1
PoP 12hr                     70          90          20          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.03        0.10           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     T           1       00-00
Snow                    L  L  D  D  C  S  S  S
Obvis                           BS BS


Date           04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          39      25    56      34    61      36    64      38    69
Temp          34 38 28   25 42 53 39   36 53 57 43   38 53 59 45   40 58 65
Dewpt         12 12 15   15 19 21 25   26 29 24 28   27 29 28 30   30 32 30
PWind dir         N       N     E       S     W       W    NW      NW     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC SC SC   FW FW FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC B1 SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     0      10    20       5    10      10    20
Rain                                          S                           S

$$
MTZ326-171000-
Bozeman-Gallatin MT
45.78N 111.16W Elev. 4475 ft
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      23          37          17          40          18
Temp                40 33 29 25 25 31 35 35 27 23 20 18 23 31 37 38 29 26 22 19
Dewpt               26 25 22 19 17 18 16 14 13 14 15 13 13 13 14 13 14 16 14 13
RH                  57 72 75 78 71 58 45 41 55 68 81 80 65 47 38 35 53 65 71 77
Wind dir            NW NW  W  W NW NW NW  N  N  N  W SW NW NW NW  N  N NE NE NE
Wind spd            12 10  9  6 11 16 14 12 10  5  5  3  3  5  6 10  8  6  5  4
Wind gust                                23
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV B2 B1 SC SC B1 SC SC SC SC SC B2 B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     90          80          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.29        0.09           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           1       00-00
Rain
Snow                 D  D  L  D  L  L  C  S  S
Winter Weath         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y


Date           04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          40      20    53      29    61      30    62      33    68
Temp          33 40 27   21 40 51 36   31 52 58 40   33 52 59 42   36 56 65
Dewpt         14 16 16   15 20 23 26   24 31 27 26   25 28 28 31   29 32 32
PWind dir        NE       E     E      SE    SW       W     W       E    SW
Wind char        LT      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    LT      LT    LT
Avg clouds    B1 SC B1   SC SC FW FW   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      10     5       5    20       5    10      10    20
Rain                                       S  S                           S

$$
MTZ330-171000-
West Yellowstone-Gallatin MT
44.69N 111.11W Elev. 6644 ft
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      20          34           8          37          11
Temp                36 32 29 23 23 31 34 31 22 17 12  9 17 32 37 35 25 20 15 12
Dewpt               31 31 28 21 17 14 14 13 11 10  7  5  7  9 10 12 14 13 11  8
RH                  82 96 96 92 77 49 43 47 62 73 80 83 64 37 32 38 62 74 84 84
Wind dir            SW SW NW NW  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  E NE NW  W  W  N NE NE NE
Wind spd            17  9  6  8  9  9  9 10  8  5  3  2  2  3  8 10  4  4  3  4
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC FW FW FW SC SC B1 SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                    100          90          30          10          10
QPF 12hr                   0.20        0.11        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           2           T
Rain
Snow                 D  D  D  D  L  L  L  C  C
Winter Storm         W  W  W  W  W  W  W


Date           04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          39      17    51      23    55      22    54      25    59
Temp          36 38 23   18 44 48 31   26 51 51 33   25 49 52 33   27 54 55
Dewpt         16 16 17   13 20 20 23   21 27 26 25   20 23 23 26   23 26 30
PWind dir         N      NE     N      SW    SW       W     W       S     S
Wind char        LT      LT    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      LT    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr         10      20    10       5    20      10    10      10    30
Rain                                          S                           C
Snow                 S

$$
MTZ328-171000-
Dillon-Beaverhead MT
45.26N 112.55W Elev. 5357 ft
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      25          36          20          40          21
Temp                41 35 29 26 26 31 35 33 27 24 22 20 24 32 39 39 30 27 24 21
Dewpt               26 23 21 18 14 15 16 17 19 17 16 16 15 15 14 15 17 18 17 16
RH                  55 61 72 71 60 51 45 51 71 74 77 84 68 49 35 37 58 68 74 81
Wind dir             N  N  N NE  N  N NE  N NE NE NE NE  N  N  N  N NE NE NE NE
Wind spd            13 12 11  9 10 10 11 11 10  5  5  5  5  5  8  8 10  8  9  9
Clouds              OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     70          60          20           5          10
QPF 12hr                   0.10        0.07        0.02           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           1           T
Rain                 C
Snow                 C  L  L  L  L  C  L  S  S


Date           04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          41      22    54      33    61      32    62      35    67
Temp          33 40 29   23 41 52 39   34 54 57 40   33 53 58 43   37 58 64
Dewpt         13 15 18   16 20 22 26   26 29 23 26   25 26 25 29   29 31 28
PWind dir        NE      NE     N      SW    SW       W    SW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      LT    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 SC SC   FW FW FW SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr          5       5     0       5    10       0     5       5    10

$$
MTZ305-171000-
Havre-Hill MT
48.54N 109.76W Elev. 2585 ft
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      28          39          24          40          20
Temp                39 33 32 30 31 35 37 36 31 27 25 24 29 36 38 37 29 25 22 20
Dewpt               26 25 25 23 21 20 19 18 18 19 18 17 13 14 14 12 11 14 14 14
RH                  59 72 75 75 66 54 48 47 58 71 74 74 51 40 37 35 46 62 71 77
Wind dir            NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW  N NW NW NW
Wind spd            18 16 18 21 25 26 28 24 18 14 13 12 21 21 21 21 13 10 10 10
Clouds              B1 B1 OV OV OV OV OV B2 SC SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 SC SC SC B1 B1
PoP 12hr                     20          60          20          20           5
QPF 12hr                   0.02        0.02           0           0           0
Snow 12hr                 00-00           T       00-00
Rain
Snow                          C  C  L  C  S  S  S  S        S  S


Date           04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          38      21    51      28    61      33    62      35    67
Temp          32 37 26   21 41 48 33   29 53 56 41   35 53 58 42   37 59 64
Dewpt         14 15 18   16 17 17 20   20 27 25 29   29 28 27 30   29 31 28
PWind dir        NW      NE    SE      SE    SW       W    NW      SE    SW
Wind char        GN      GN    LT      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    B1 B2 B1   SC FW FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC SC SC
PoP 12hr         10       0     0       0    10      10     0       5     5

$$
MTZ314-171000-
Lewistown-Fergus MT
47.05N 109.46W Elev. 4144 ft
837 PM MDT Tue Apr 16 2024

Date           04/16/24      Wed 04/17/24            Thu 04/18/24            Fri
MDT 3hrly     15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06
UTC 3hrly     21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12

Min/Max                      23          33          20          35          16
Temp                39 33 29 26 24 29 32 32 27 25 22 21 25 32 34 34 26 22 19 17
Dewpt               21 25 22 21 17 19 21 19 19 18 16 14 11 13 13 12 11 12 12 11
RH                  48 72 75 81 74 66 63 58 71 74 77 74 55 45 41 39 52 65 74 77
Wind dir            NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Wind spd            18 13 16 18 18 21 24 20 18 18 17 16 18 18 18 17 12 10 10 10
Wind gust                             35 32                   28
Clouds              OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC B2 B1 SC SC FW SC
PoP 12hr                     70          70          30          20          10
QPF 12hr                   0.07        0.09        0.01           0           0
Snow 12hr                     1           1           T
Rain
Snow                 C  C  L  L  L  C  C  C  C  C  C  S  S  S  S
Obvis                        BS BS BS BS BS BS


Date           04/19/24  Sat 04/20/24  Sun 04/21/24  Mon 04/22/24  Tue 04/23/24
MDT 6hrly     12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18 00   06 12 18
UTC 6hrly     18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00 06   12 18 00

Max/Min          33      18    46      27    57      33    57      34    63
Temp          29 32 23   19 38 44 31   31 51 53 39   35 51 54 40   36 58 61
Dewpt         12 12 13   12 15 18 20   21 28 24 26   26 28 27 29   27 31 30
PWind dir        NW      NE    SE       S     W       W    NW       S     W
Wind char        GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN      GN    GN
Avg clouds    SC B1 B1   SC SC FW FW   FW SC SC SC   SC SC SC SC   SC B1 SC
PoP 12hr         10       5     5       5    20      10    10      10    10
Rain                                          S

$$
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